Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1842 (W. H. C. Baddeley Lieut. 49th Regiment Foot.) fitted with contemporary silver swivel-bar suspension, nearly very fine £800-£1,000

William Henry Clinton Baddeley was appointed Ensign in the 49th Foot on 11 October 1839; Lieutenant, 7 September 1841; Captain, 9 June 1846; Major, 6 November 1854; Lieutenant-Colonel retired, 23 May 1855. Lieutenant-Colonel Baddeley served with the 49th Regiment in China (Medal), and was present at Amoy, Chusan (2nd capture), Ningpo, Segoan, Chapoo, Woosung, and Chin Kiang Foo, at which last he was twice wounded - once dangerously by a ball which fractured the thigh-bone.

See Lot 311 for the medals awarded to his son.